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May 16, 2012

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Lid closes on Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar at Town Square

Posted 13 hours, 53 minutes ago in The Kats Report

The club could not stay open, for Pete’s sake. Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar at Town Square is closing, effective as of … well, right now. A note posted on the company’s Facebook page confirms that patrons of the club have warbled “Piano Man” for the last time: “Yes, the rumors are true. We have indeed closed our doors for the last time in Town Square. We would like to thank ...

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Vintage Vegas: rare photos of a desert boomtown

Posted 15 hours, 26 minutes ago in Elsewhere

Of all the major destination towns in the U.S., Las Vegas might be the most perfectly, unashamedly transparent. No other city in North America, after all — and perhaps no other city in the world — has for so long been so identified with one pursuit: namely, the heart-pounding, more-often-than-not-futile hunt for the improbable, near mythic Big Score.

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